思否英文外刊，探索，把宽带带到美国农村

_本文原题：英文外刊，探索，把宽带带到美国农村
Highway 148 marks where cormy Iowa's space into two towns,one with broadband Internet,and one without.
148号高速公路标志着爱荷华州下属区域变成了两个城镇，其中一个有宽带网络,
Business owner Anne Greenwald is without.
企业业主安妮.格林沃尔德没有宽带。
We have been waiting for ayear now to have fiber brought to us.
我们等宽带已经等了一年。

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Corny Iowa is an example of what businesses called the last mile problem.
科尼爱荷华州就是企业所谓的“最后一英里问题”的一个例子。
They have a saying,the last mile is the most expensive mile,meaning the cost of running fiber to rural communities
他们有一个说法，最后一英里是最昂贵的一英里，意思是农村社区运行宽带的成本高。
Another problem is that there are more than one telecom company providing Internet,which allow some telecom companies to refuse to serve an expensive area.
另一个问题是，提供互联网服务的电信公司不止一家、这使得一些电信公司可以拒绝为一个成本高昂的地区提供服务。

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I mean they just say that we're not within their tertory,and they don't have to provide a service.
我的意思是，电信公司只是说我们不在他们负责的范围内，因此，不需要提供服务。
【思否英文外刊，探索，把宽带带到美国农村】So Anne is paying the $5,00 caused herself to string the fiber-optic cable.
所以，安妮自己支付000美元,安装自己的光纤电缆。
Because our employees are experiencing,you know,20 to 25 percent a day in downtime due to the internet speed.They're not,you know,being able to efetcivele do their work as efficiently as possible.
因为，每天有20%到25%的时间，我们的员工因为网速慢而停工。他们无法尽可能高效完成工作。

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To Anne,the simple solution is to make the internet a public srie,ike mai,electricity and water.
对安妮来说,简单的解决办法是让互联网像邮件、电利水一样成为一种公共服务。
We made radio,we made tlevision,we made electricity.
我们制造了收音机、电视和电。
I's just the next stepping stone to make ourselves mcsS more cultured,more diversified and have our reach be more worldwide.
这只是让我们变得更有文化，更多样化,更国际化。

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Some experts say though it's tough to argue that the Internet is a necessity.
一些专家表示，尽管很难说互联网是必需品。
If it's an ise of giving service,that's necessary for public safety,then there's a very strong social argument,our public argument.
如果是提供服务的问题，互联网对公共安全来说就必不可少。那么就存在一个非常有力的社会论点(我们的公共论点) 。
So hospitals,the police,homeland defense,perhaps other emergency services that are provided in the area.